21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, 22 for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 25:21-22

Commentary on Proverbs 25:21-22

(Read Proverbs 25:21-22)

The precept to love even our enemies is an Old Testament commandment. Our Saviour has shown his own great example in loving us when we were enemies.